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Public Service Act 1922
91Performance of work outside the Service
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##### 91 Performance of work outside the Service
(1) Except with the express permission of the Secretary of the Department, which permission may at any time be withdrawn, an officer of a Department shall not:
(a) accept or continue to hold an office in or under the Government of any State, or in or under any public or municipal corporation;
(b) accept or continue to hold or discharge the duties of, or be employed in a paid office in connexion with, any banking, insurance, mining, mercantile, or other commercial business whether carried on by any corporation, company, firm or individual;
(c) engage in or undertake any such business, whether as principal or agent;
(d) engage or continue in the private practice of any profession occupation or trade, or enter into any employment, whether remunerative or not, with any person, company or firm who or which is so engaged;
(da) act as a director of a company or incorporated society, otherwise than in accordance with the requirements of the duties of the officer’s office or otherwise on behalf of the Commonwealth; or
(e) accept or engage in any remunerative employment other than in connexion with the duties of his office or offices under the Commonwealth.
(2) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent an officer from becoming a member or shareholder only of any incorporated company, or of any company or society of persons registered under any law in any State or elsewhere.